Antibody screen rbc at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital

1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$40.60

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$232.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$8.79 with United vs $204.31 with BCBS-TX — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Commercial|Exchange $8.79 ↓ -78%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $9.57 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17.10 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $21.14 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $28.81 ↓ -29%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $47.92 ↑ +18%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $52.45 ↑ +29%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $53.52 ↑ +32%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $53.52 ↑ +32%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $54.59 ↑ +34%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $55.13 ↑ +36%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $57.27 ↑ +41%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $61.55 ↑ +52%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $77.60 ↑ +91%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $80.28 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $88.98 ↑ +119%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $95.92 ↑ +136%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $111.35 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $127.60 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $129.92 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $141.52 ↑ +249%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $160.56 ↑ +295%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $173.64 ↑ +328%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $173.64 ↑ +328%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $173.94 ↑ +328%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $177.10 ↑ +336%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $197.20 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $204.31 ↑ +403%

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Antibody screen rbc at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $158.04 $1.20 – $134.24
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $158.04 $0.77 – $134.24
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $166.55 $1.00 – $134.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $158.04 $1.94 – $134.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $158.04 $1.25 – $134.24

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